A review of the psychological and familial perspectives of childhood obesity

Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Latzer, Yael ^a,b,c   Stein, Daniel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood; Familial obesity; Overweight; Psychological psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; FAMILY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84930164542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20502974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2050-2974-1-7     Document Type: Review

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